# James Cameron to spend several hours in Mariana Trench
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 8, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152 "2012-03-08T15:54:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/1 "2012-03-08T15:54:58Z")
Not just [16 minutes](http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/james-cameron-will-ride-this-s.html)
Pretty awesome!
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### Author:  [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/2 "2012-03-08T16:00:31Z")
Mariana Trench, the porn star?
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### Author:  [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/3 "2012-03-08T16:08:21Z")
Damn. that’s what I get for copy and pasting from the interwebs.
Sigh.
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### Author:  [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/4 "2012-03-08T16:10:10Z")
It would be more awesome if he was planning to do it in 1960
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### Author:  [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/5 "2012-03-08T16:13:11Z")
Bastard is going to wreck our meme!
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/6 "2012-03-08T17:40:15Z")
That is very cool. I hope he gets some awesome footage. That’s one James Cameron movie I’m looking forward to seeing!
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### Author:  [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/7 "2012-03-08T17:45:00Z")
Guess it’s time to update my death pool picks…
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/8 "2012-03-08T17:50:53Z")
Does he have an exact date? When does he descend?
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### Author:  [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/9 "2012-03-08T20:02:56Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> Does he have an exact date? When does he descend?
And for how long?
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### Author:  [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/10 "2012-03-08T20:10:30Z")
> [@Encinitas](#):
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> And for how long?
I wonder how many times he’ll go.
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/11 "2012-03-08T20:28:34Z")
> [@gregorio](#):
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> I wonder how many times he’ll go.
And in what decade.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/12 "2012-03-08T20:59:33Z")
No matter what, I hope he listens to Duran Duran’s “Rio” during the trip.
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### Author:  [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/13 "2012-03-08T21:04:00Z")
Is he taking scalar weapons?
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### Author:  [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/14 "2012-03-08T21:14:31Z")
No, just a 1920’s-style death ray.
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### Author:  [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/15 "2012-03-08T22:12:34Z")
Cool. More people have walked on the moon than have been there.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/16 "2012-03-09T03:30:02Z")
The sub’s probably too small for a treadmill.
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/17 "2012-03-09T03:35:45Z")
I hope the NTIs are on duty in case anything goes wrong.
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### Author:  [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2012, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/18 "2012-03-09T04:33:55Z")
> [@Eve](#):
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> Mariana Trench, the porn star?
I am so glad to have you back full time.
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### Author:  [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2012, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/19 "2012-03-09T13:15:37Z")
Will it be in 3-D?
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### Author:  [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cameron-to-spend-several-hours-in-mariana-trench/615152/20 "2012-03-09T13:28:38Z")
He can save himself some money and time, by just visiting some local mud flaft at low tide.
He’ll see the same stuff.
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